Imperial College London
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- Offer Profile
- Expertise:
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- Remote sensing and environmental monitoring
- Remote inspection and repair
- Biologically inspired engineering
- Robot design, fabrication and testing
- Autonomous control
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Welcome!
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The research of the Aerial Robotics Laboratory focuses on the
design, fabrication and testing of next generation flying robots and
it employs biological inspiration as a key design methodology to
achieve high performance systems.
The applications that we focus on include search and rescue operations, inspection and in-situ repair with flying robots, assisted agriculture, environmental monitoring and exploration of hazardous environments.
Current research topics include:- Bio-inspired construction with aerial robots.
- Hybrid locomotion for robots to move in air, water, on ground and in forest environments.
- Aerial robots as tools to study the evolution of flight.
Research
The AquaMAV Project
- The development of a multimodal Aquatic Micro Air Vehicle (AquaMAV).
Aerial Construction
- Versatile construction methods and mechanisms for flying robots.
Microrocket Thrusters
- High power density propulsion systems for micro scale flying machines.
Robots for Tropical Forests
- Monitoring of the effects of climate change using aerial robots adapted for tropical forests.
Jumping Robots
- Locomotion for miniature robots in unstructured terrain using bioinspired jumping.
Perching
- Research into the mechanisms and flight mechanics of landing in unstructured terrain.